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Resolution to Approve an Off-Leash Dog Play Location at Broadway Park
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution approving an off-leash dog play area at Broadway Park. In June 2007 City Council approved revisions to Section 9:45 and 9:47 (Animals) of Chapter 107 of Title IX of the City Code to provide for dog play areas in City parks. The amendments pertain to dog park facilities, city parks, or areas within City parks that are designated as dog play areas as recommended by the Community Services Area Administrator and approved by City Council.
The section of Broadway Park to be designated as the off-leash dog play area will be entirely contained by fencing, signed as an off-leash dog play area, is anticipated to be roughly one acre, divided between a large and small dog run area, and located in the central eastern portion of the park, illustrated in attachment A.
The selection of the Broadway location is a culmination of multiple years of effort by Staff and the Park Advisory Commission. It provides a centrally located dog park, and accomplishes a stated goal in the existing PROS plan. The public process included the formation of an ad-hoc dog park committee, which spent several months working through criteria that were developed as part of the Recommendations and Guidelines for Dog Park Site Selection, Design, Operations and Maintenance. The document provides a history of the development of dog parks in the City, a framework for the public process, and site selection criteria developed after extensive research of best practices across the country. The public process for selecting Broadway Park included a direct mailing to all residents and businesses within 1/4 mile of the site, an on-line survey to which 619 people responded, and a public meeting at which 15 people attended. Over 85% of the survey respondents enthusiastically supported the location, and at the public meeting, the vote showed unanimous support for the par...
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